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Friend or Foe Alike! (081)

Friend or Foe Alike!

After finding out he will be battling Richie, Ash gets tricked by Team Rocket to get away from the Indigo Stadium just before the battle. With no form of transport, Ash is stuck there...can he get back to the stadium in time for the battle...or will he be forced to forfeit?

It's interesting how, just like in the last episode, Team Rocket fought as hard as they could to make sure they'd win this time. It's interesting how they keep coming back no matter how many times Ash stops them. I especially like when they hook him on the book and says they can have the bike back.

The people behind the show really did well in building the dramatic tension for this episode, wondering if Ash was going to make it back to the stadium on time, and he just barely does. Also, wondering if Charizard is finally going to obey Ash or not. At least Charizard took care of Zippo, but the end of the episode is so heartbreaking. I can really feel Ash's pain.

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The one time I got angry at both Team Rocket and Charizard, for ruining Ash's match. Still, it would've been anticlimactic if Ash had just fought Richie in a normal battle. Still, stupid of Ash to use Squirtle when he knew Richie had charmander. Anyway, I'd love to see Richie return, just to see Ash cream him in a match.

I'd like to have seen Ash win. I mean, come on! Ash will NEVER return to Indigo Plateu or the Silver Conference or the Hoenn League! If Ash had won here, he would be a stronger person in the future leagues, have a claim to fame (better than stupid Max talking about how he watched a video of him at Johto), and it would be easier for writers to tie up all the loose ends when they reach the end of the series. (Whenever that is.)

Am I the only one annoyed that Ash never got to fight a climatic battle against the Elite Four?

Er-hem!...Congradulations, Ash, you and your pokemon are hall of famers!"

To bad Charizard and TR prevented Ash from having a good match with Richie I was looking forward to it, to bad the writers never have these two fight again in either the Johto or Hoen leagues the match would definitely be epic.

My Grandmother always said...
"She who walks the path of heaven will rule over everything"

i agree with wobbanaut about the dramatic tension in this episode. i also liked that misty showed she really cared about Ash when she went to confront Richie when she thought he had made the call. the scenario was alos hilarious. I liked that ash lost, it was so unpredictable. One of my fav eps.

Ah,yes the episode full of dramatic tension.Until the end i didnt know if Ash is going to come in time for his match against Richie,and after he lost i fealt really sorry for him.Ash didnt deserve to loose this battle at all,after everything he went through to arrive in time,and like it wasnt enough that team rocket exhausted him and his pokemon,his charizard also had to refuse to listen him.Anyway if all of this didnt happen im sure that Ash would have won this match.However,despite all this was a very interesting episode.